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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
23
Men s Smart Suits show proper clothing for all occasions including business negligee and full dress designs. Prices are the lowest consistent with quality. Special line offers three piece suits in seasonal styles colors including tans browns gravy and London smoke. Cut and tailored in first class manner and will hold their shape. Moon floor Tenth st.
An old catalog style advertisement lists lawn tennis gear and weights from Weight & Ditson and related manufacturers. It highlights complete lines of balls, paddles, nets, and accessories with special terms and prices ranging from $100 to $660, noting large selections from Texas to Oklahoma and the region.
The catalog advertises a wide Kodaks lineup with Fastman Kodak Co products noted as top quality. Listings include No 1 Brownie Kodake at 100, No Brownie at 200, No 6 Brow Kidks at 300, folding and pocket Kodaks priced from 12 to 500, plus several high end models like No 1 Folding Fochet and No 1 Folding Pocket Kodaks with various prices.
An advertisement promotes tent play structures including white and striped models for indoor or outdoor use. Prices listed are White 650 and 1250, Striped 495, and Indian Wigwam at 500 each.
IABOGLO remains popular with the game of the hour appeal for young and old. The shop presents a complete assortment priced from 10c to 350 dollars. Includes Topsy Twus Diabolo 10c 50c and 100 dollars, Mefisto Diabolo 25c, Mertone Dibolo 100, Navarre Mabolo 150, and others up to 250.
Mrs Roosevelt presided over a spring reception at the Executive Mansion, hosting ambassadors and governors from nearly all states and territories. The indoor event featured elaborate floral decorations, a Marine Band program, and numerous dignitaries including Mrs Fairbanks, Mr Justice Holmes, and Mr William Jennings Bryan.
Elverton Chapman head of H BR Chapman & Co wed Mrs Lucile Faber Nelson in a quiet St Timothy's Philadelphia ceremony. The pair slipped away to Atlantic City then Long Island, avoiding public fuss. Other gossip covers Elverton Chapman’s career, Mrs Mackay’s Paris social sway, and Yale Smith’s divorce suit, with notes of European travel and society entanglements.
Mrs Alfred B Dent and her daughter Miss Dorothy Dent, after travels through Mexico California and the West and studies at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, will return about June 1. Their Capitol Hill home, closed during absence, will be reopened on their arrival.
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